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MINOR MATTERS.
John Sherman's Availability as . Candidate
for the Presidency.

John Sherman's Availability as . Candidate
for the Presidency.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Representative
Bayne, of Pennsylvania. has been a shouting
Blaine man at the last two national Republican
conventions. and he will. probably. fight under
the same banner in 1883 should the Plumed
knight again be an aspirant for presidential hon
ors. Mr.. Bayne says Blaine is still popular in
Pennsylvania, and can count on the delegation
from that State supporting him from first to
last; but the fact that Pennsylvania is still with
him is no guarantee that majority of the other
States are willing to go into defensive cam
paign again. Should it be deemed for the best
interests of the Republican party to put up an
other Candidate Mr. Bayne says he believes
John Sherman will be the standard bearer of the
Republican forces He can unite all the factions
in the party, and his financial policy will make
him popular candidate in New York. -Four
years out in the cold has had good effect on the
party, and they will go into the next national
campaign with the battle cry of ''Victory OF
death" with decided preference for victory.
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ARCHITECT BELL.
A Few Instances Illustrating His Profess
sional Incompetency.

A Few Instances Illustrating His Profess
sional Incompeteney.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 20.-M. e. Bell, Supervis-
ing Architect Of the Treasury. sets up o great
cry about unwarranted newspaper abuse and in
sists that he is one OF the ablest architects in
the country, and that his Office is we'll managed
and that everything is square as adie He chal-
lenges the production of the proof of the charges
that have been made against him. aud. in re-
spouse to that challenge, your correspondent
will cite few facts. First, the Office has become
Thoroughly demoralzed by the resignation of
competent men who declined to allow themselves
to be run over by Bell, to the disgrace Of their
profession. An instance in proof: Mr.. Kendall
was sent to Colorado to examine Colorado stone
and to report upon its adaptabiity for use in the
Denver building. Bell said the stone was value
less. and wanted TO use Indiana stone. Kendall
was convinced Of the utility Of the Colorado
brand, and so reported to Secretary Fairchild.
He was compelled to resign in consequence.
Bell let the contract for marble waiuscot for
the Buffalo building before provision had been
made for the iron gir,iers- He expended $57.-
goo In marble wainecoting tho Cincinnati build
ing on top OF tho iron which had previously been
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL MONDAY. FEBRUARY 81 1887

mains will be removed, on Tuesday, to her
childhood home. at Coridan, Conn. She was a
relative of the late Judge David Davis.
To the Western Associated Press.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, Feb. 20.-Judge B. G.
Brown, prominent railroad lawyer and attor-
ney for the Pacific Express Company died sud
denly, between and 10 o'clock this morning, at
the Capital Hotel.
MEANWHILE. Pa, Feb. Dob Moore, an old
and esteemed citizen Of this city, dropped dead,
early this evening, in the Second Methodist
Church. Mr. Moore was member of the church
in which he died; was sixty five years of age,
and leaves widow and six children
SARATOGA, N. Y. Feb 20-Hon. Fl. H. Ha-
thorn died at o'clock this morning. aged seven
ty-four years He was stricken with paralysis
on the 7th instant, and never recovered He was
the owner of the Hathorn spring was at one
time the proprietor of the Union Hotel, and aft
erwards built Congress Hall. He had held the
prominent county Offices of supervisor aud sher-
if, and represented this district in the Forty
third and Forty-fourth Congresses.
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The Stubbiefield Resolution.

70 the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
AS Republican having record without
scratch, permit me to enter my humble protest
against the action Of our State representatives
in adopting the Stubbeield resolution. The
practice of instructine our Senators and request.
ing our Representatives by concurrent resolu-
ton of the Legislature is absurd enough, at
BEST but in this case the blunder rises almost to
the dignity Of crime. Without discussing the
principle involved in the dependents pension
scheme. the Presidents message certainly
pointed out grave objections to the bill returned
TO the House. 1t was shown to be so vague, ILL
considered and loosely framed that the House
and Senate committees differed materially as to
it's tenor and effect 1t was declared liable to a
construction that would increase the already
appalling burden Of the pension list Of unascer-
tainable millions
These and other objections urged by the Pres
ident were certainly entitled to the gravest con-
eminent annually pays to its soldiers of twenty
years ago more .han any other government pays
for its standing army, a measure that proposes
to increase this amount by unreckoned millions
ought surety to be carefully considered. II is
scarcely measure one would think. which
should be passed by the House under suspen-
sion Of the rules. and by the Senate without a
division. still less is it measure which our
State legislators are competent to instruct our
Senators and request our Representative to pass
over the Presidents veto
Isn't ''the Gods truth of the whole business"
| about thisa That the patriotic regard of our peo-
pie for their late defenders makes them careless
about counting the cost of any measure for their
relief; aod our law makers. State and national,
are more sclcitous to secure the soldier vote OF
| their districts than to guard the national Treas
ury. To my thinking act of this admnistra-
ton is less deserving Of censure. When tho SEN
ate votes twenty millions for coast defenses
without debate, and the politicians of both
| parties are ready to support any pension scheme
that promises TO catch votes isn'tit high time
somebody kept an eye upon the treasury In
vetoing penstoa BILL no matter how enormous
| the expenditure proposed. the President must
have known that he was venturing upon dan
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Obituary.

Specials to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, Ind, Feb. 20-J. W. Nc
Broom, prominent citizen of this city. died last
night at the age of about forty years. He be-
longed to several secret societies. and was at one
time principal Of the Covngton schools.
PERU, Ind, Feb. 20.-Mrs. Frank Mote, a
highly esteemed lady, residing at Bunker HILL
while conversing with some friends, this after
noon. suddenly raised herself from tho chair she
dropped dead before her husband or friends
could catch her. She in good health and
had partaken Of a hearty dinner The physi-
clan cannot account for her death.
CHAMPAIGN, H., Feb 2o-Mrs. Jane e.
Pierce. wife Of an old and popular pastor Of this
city, Rev. ". G. Pierce, Of the Congregational
Church. died last night. aged seventy two years
Sne had . long illness Her death seriously
affects the whole community. She leaves .
husband, one son and two daughters. The re-
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CONVICT LABOR.
An Approved Substitute for the Convict Sys-
tenn of Penal Institutions.

An Approved Substitute for the Convict Sys-
tenn of Penal Institutions.
Boston Advertiser.
The best plan for the employment of prison
labor which has thus far been suggested is the
public account system" which contempates
the productive labor of convicts by the warden
superintendent for and under the direction of
the State. and wholly free from the ntervention
of outside individuals or interests. This State
account system Is approved by the prison labor
reform commission, appointed under act of
Legislature in 1886 for the purpose Of determin-
ing how best to employ conviets other than by
the contract system. The problem with which
this commission IS confronted demands speedy
solution in New York State, not only by reason
of the deplorable condition of affairs at Auburn
but also because similar and more serious results
are likely to ensue at Sing Sing, where on the
18th of the present month no less than 76O con-
victs are likely to be left in idleness by expira-
ton of a contract there.
The public account system Is the only one
under which the State has complete control of
the convcts without the interference of con-
tractor, agent or instructor. This system has
also been examined and reported upon by other
authorities than those already quoted. In an
exhaustive inquiry as to the respective merits of
the three systems of prison labor in use in the
North and West, the commissioners Of the Blu
reau of Labor Of Illinois says. These PROPOSE
tons lead the genera! conclusion that from the
stand-pont of the labor organizations and their
allies the manufacturers, regards the three
general plans for utilizing the labor of convcts
the contract system is the worst, and the public
account system the best"
The superintendent of the house of correction
at Chicago, Mr. Charles E. FELTON, adds his testi-
mony as follows: Toward the adoption in all
prisons of the public account system. we should
unite our efforts" The superintendent Of the
Elmira rsformatorv in New York State says
also: "lf the object is earning, and that alone.
| am confident the State account system here
can be made to produce more than the contract
system did or could be made to produce
II the Legislature and the people will sustain US.
no doubt the State account system will be made
more helpful to the inmates reformation and
| at the same time sufficiently productive of in
| come"
| 10 conclusion it may be said that wherever
| the public account system has been found to be
| q failure, such failure has been due to the faul
| Of management and not to the system.
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The Soldiers and Their Pensions.

20 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
see there is great cry against pensions
Now, l know the Journal is the soldiers FRIEND
hence this letter to you. It has been just twenty
six years the coming April since fathers and
mothers gave their boys the parting kiss as they
went forth to battle. For wha,l An ungrateful
set of Gemagogues. There is not a volunteer
soldier living to-day bnt that should be placed
and if he be disabled SO as to dis
qualify him from earning living
he should be placed upon the roll at $75 per
month. and when he dies it should go to his
widow as long as she remains such; and in addi-
ton to this, Congress should give to every vol
unteer soldier the difference between the gold
dollar and the greenback at the time the soldier
WAS paid; and in addition to all this the govern
ment should give to every volunteer soldier. his
| widow children. l60 acres of the land en-
| riched by the soldiers blood And if these
grand gifts should absorb the surplus in
| the treasury, levy a tax on whisky and
| tobacco, luxuries and presidential receptions,
and court dinners. and get 1t back. Ny motto
is that there is nothing too good for the volun-
| teer soldier. Besides, it matters not how much
money you pay to the soldier, every community
| gets the benefits of it, You simply put tine
! money into the hands of the soldiers to dis
| tribute among the people from whence it came.
There Is not single dollar of ii
4
| 1t simply puts in circulation millions of dol.
lars that could not reach the people so efectually
any other way. Besides the benefits arising tc
| the business interests of the country. we are
diseharging honest debt we owe the volun-
| teer soldiers The money don't belong to US as
| a nation until every living soldier is made to feel
| that he is provided in his old age with at least
| the necessaries Of life. We should not forget
that it was these old veterans that made it pos
sible for to have a large surplus in the
| treasury. | would like to know where this sur
plus would have been if the volunteers that wore
| the blue had been of the same opinion that
| was so pronounced by the Knights of the
| Golden Circle l think it is time for the LOYAL
press OF the country to speak out and encourage
| Congress in the good work Of giving liberal
pensions to the soldiers We are most Of us pas,
the fiftieth mile post, and the government,
| won't have the burden to bear much
| longer We are fast passing to the camping
| ground where rest from the pains OF
| body and mind brought on by our devotion to the
/ flag and the principles it represents, and fol
one believe that it is wrong for this government
to have single surplus dollar long as there il
a soldier that needs that dollar to make him com
Portable, at least far as the necessaries OF life
are concerned W. II. RIDENoUR,
With an empty sleeve.
| TERRE HAUTE, Feb. -.
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MEXICAN WAR PENSIONERS.

The Conditions Which Entitle Veteran to
Eight Dollars Per Month.
Washington Special to louisville Courer-Journal.
The following are the conditions which entitle
Mexican veteran to draw a pension of So per
month:
That he served sixty days in the military or
naval service of the United States in Mexico, or
on the coast or frontier thereof, or en- route
thereto in the war with that nation, and is
sixty-two years of age, or is disabled, or is de-
pendent
That the claimant was actually engaged in
battle with the enemy and is sixty-two years of
age, or is disabled, or is dependent. Length of
service is not essential.
That the claimant was personally named in a
resolution Of Congress for some specific services
In said war; Coupled again. let it be said, with
the proof of enlistment and honorable discharge.
The claimant must in every case, whore he
can reach clerk of a court of record, personally
appear before that clerk of the court of record
and take the oath affixed to the declaration, and
mis- signature must be witnessed by two compe-
tent and reliable persons in the neighborhood,
and witnesses, if possible, also to the facts set
up in his declaration.
In cases where the claimant is not able, by
reason of the infrmity of age. to travel to a
court of record, then the oath may be exc
cuted before any officer competent under the
laws of the State In which the claimant re-
sides. under the laws of the United States,
to execute affidavits for general purposes but
the execution of the oath before any other than
the clerk Of court of a record is not allowed
cept in the case pointed out by the law where
the claimant cannot, on account of nfirmity of
age, reach the Office having charge Of the seal of
the court, and the oath of infirmity must also be
executed and returned.
The most essential point for establishment is
the question OF the identity of the soldier on &C.
count Of whose services pension Is claimed, and
therefore, special attention should be paid to
this by the claimant in his first application. and
to the end that the Office may be aided in de-
termining this and other questions blank forms
of affidavits and oaths for peighbors and COM
ing will be required to attest his knowledge of
the witnesses, their credibility and standing
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The Presidents Distressing MaIady.

New York Sun (Dem.)
Two mugwumps appointed to Office in Michi-
gan and Wisconsin, instead of Democrats and in
spite of Democrats, show that the Hon. Grover
Cleveland is still suffering from the old malady
which has SO effectively incapacitated him thus
far from being sound and healthy Democratic
President. He has the big head. 1t is queer
disease When a man has it. he may be able to
manage his own personal business successfully,
but he never can efficiently, disinterestedly and
faithfully administer the affairs that have been
-intrusted to him by q political party. He can.
not be good agent or representative That's
what's the matter with Cleveland
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Foreign Languages in the School.

Foreign Languages in the School
70 the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal
am glad to see some paper of the West come
out against teaching foreign languages in public
schools. / have been waiting for years to see
some one take tup, and every American ought
to shout for Reynolds There ought to be Rey-
nolds in every State west of the Hudson river
Not only that, Congress ought to pass a law for
bidding the teaching of any language except the
English N this country. If they want anything
else. let them teach it in private schools, and at
their own expense. Keep this thing moving
now you have started. EDWIN HALLAM.
ANDERSON Feb. II.
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Claim that Stanton Was the Author OF the
"Fieht It Out on This Line" Telegram.
Washington Special to New York World.
A noted ex-general of the Union army to day
commented upon the alleged absolute power
ercsed by Edwin NJ. Stanton when Secretary of
War. The ex-general had been personally and
contemporaneously coenizant of much of the
inner history Of the War Department, as well as
of affairs at the front, when Grant was fighting
his way in the Wilderness and thereafter ON the
road to Richmond. He said there was no doubt
of Stantons complete control over President
Lincoln, when he chose to exercise it, in momen-
tous war questions well small details
garding the conduct of the Union armies. Said
the general:
Rawlns worded that stirring teegraphc dis
patch which Grant sent from the front in 1864 at
q time when our Congressman were scared and
tho people of the North were in dismay at the
Lee towards Richmond. ] refer to the dispatch,
we will fight it out this line IL it takes all
summer Now, know about the origin, word
ing and transmission of that message. It was
written by Stanton when Lincoln was in confer
ence with him in the War Department They
were both alarmed about the political outlook in
she Northern States. The discouraging accounts
from the seat of war were telling against the adj
Lincoln would not be reelected prompted Stan
ton to do something which would reassure the
people, restore confidence in the successful
termination of tho war in favor of the Union
cause and inspire moro respect for the Lincoln
administration. Stanton, rs a means to this
end. teleeraphed to Grant to send some encour-
aging news and Stanton at the same time ad-
vised and wrote out the form Of dispatch to be
transmitted in RESPONSE to his suggestion.
"Opportuney and it has been alleged in CO.
operation with Stanton. at that moment q knot
OF Senators and members Of the House got to-
gether in secret caucus at the Capitol to consider
shecritica situation. and behalf Of all of them
telegram was sent to Grant inquiriDg how they
were getting along the front and what they
proposed to do. My recollection is that the dis
patch to which Grant made answer was prepared
and sent by Senator Nesmith, of Oregon. who
was chairman of that caucus. Grants cele-
brated answer, which, as before stated, was that
which had been previously advised by Stanton,
had the desired effect. 1t gave heart and en-
couragement to the people of the Northern
States. 1t gave strength to the weakened DO
ltical supporters of Lincoln for reelection to
the presidency, and, in fact. the dispatch was
very effective in silencing opposition among Re
publicans to Lincolns candidacy"
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used. A dozen similar instances might be cited
of his frindship for certain dealers in marble
wainscot. Here is an item for him to explain
satisfactorily il he can: The bid for stone-work
by the successful bidder for the Louisville build
ing under the advertisement was $50. 400. The
contract was let to the same party for $ll3, OIL
yet the contract recited that it is made upou bids
received under this advertisement. For the
same building the successful contractor bid $21,-
65l for arch-work. The contract was awarded to
him for Sl7 Q26
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General and PersOna al.

opec1at 10 the Inclanapoi1s JourEaa-
WASHINGTON. Feb 20.-The increase of ap-
preparation secured by Senator Harrison in the
river and harbor bill for improvement of Michi-
gan City harbor is from $50, 900 to $4,000
Representative Howard says he has Endorsed
Major McGrain. Of Corydon, for the revenue
agency of Indiana, and hopes he will get it.
Since DR.. Norville has gone out of tho race for
this position on Warden Towards boat, 1t is be-
lieved McGran may be appointed.
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN,
Indications,

WASHINGTON, Feb 81 A. NJ.
Special indications for twenty-four hours from
A. N. for Indiana-Fair weather. followed by
local rain or snow; higher. followed by lower
temperature.
For Indiana and Ilinois-Fair weather, fol.
lowed by local rains or snow; easterly winds. be-
coming variable; higher. followed by lower tenn
perature.
snow, followed by fair weather. easterly winds,
becoming variable; higher temperature
For eastern Michigan, western Michigan and
Wisconsin-Fair weather. followed by local
SHOWS; lower Temperatures; variable winds.
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eerous ground. Sensible men of all parties owe
it to themselves and the country to see that no
unfair advantage is taken of his courage. The
extension of the pension list ought to be consd-
cred like the grave economic question 1t has be-
come. There is an imperative call for more COM
mon sense and less sentiment in its discussion.
GREENSBURG, Ind, Feb. II.
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An Offset.
Snrin cfiAld RAnnhIican

The Ohio Legislature has just repealed the
black laws and the statute providing for sepa-
rate schools for coiored children John Sher-
man will be glad to hear this. It offsets the
refusal of department. of the New York
Young Mems Christian Association, day or
two ago, to admit respectable young fellow to
its drawing class because he happened to be
black
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Temperance Legislation.

70 the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal.
Your leading editorial in the Sunday Journal
is headed Punish the Drinker," which calls
to mind an article of mine in the Journal of
March 5, 1884.
Just before that was written the Journal had
published an article, written by Thomas Dean,
wholesale liquor-seller of this city, that so
accorded with my sentiments. and which was so
generous and just. while coming from in
that business that felt it possible that his sug-
gestions might find other advocates, and finally
lead to tangible results His suggestions were
that the liquor business be taxed to pay the
damages arising from it. have not the article
before me and cannot particuarize, but that
was the substance.
Now that the Legislature is so at variance in
regard to efficient temperance legislation, can it
not turn its attention to an enactment embody-
ing MIR. Deans ideas, and the plan suggested in
the article referred to9 AS the law is now, the
more the drunkard is punished. the more his
family suffers from the want of support at his
hands, while those who are accessory to his
crime of drunkenness, and the violence he does
to his family ard community. the recipients
of his money. Let the criminal be pushed in a
way that will support the family that he has
pledged God and man that he would support.
while the equally criminal abettor be required to
pay the expenses of that punishment
A. S. KINGSLEY.
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watterson,s Plan.

Atlanta Constitution.
The New York Herald is hereby informed that
Brother WattArson has already announced that
he will support Mr. Cleveland il he is renomina-
ted He will support Mr. Cleveland, but. at the
same time, he will try to get everybody else to
oppose him.